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Marine World
U.S. Alleges Chinese Shipping Container Giants Rigged Global Supply During COVID Crisis
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted four of the world’s largest shipping container manufacturers and seven senior executives in…
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U.S. Probes Claims Chinese Firms Restricted Container Production Before COVID, CBS Says
Federal investigators are probing whether Chinese container manufacturing giants deliberately throttled global shipping container production just before the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Supply-Chain Stress That Peaked in Covid Heads Higher Again
(Bloomberg) — The impact of the energy crisis on the global economy in recent months is showing up in gauges…
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Port News
Container shipping’s ‘long covid’ reshapes capacity
Container shipping appears to be suffering from long covid. New data from Danish consultancy Sea-Intelligence shows that the continuing lack…
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Maritime News
Bankrupt Retailer Bed, Bath & Beyond Files Sixth FMC Complaint on Carriers
The estate of former retailer Bed, Bath & Beyond continues its efforts to blame the shipping industry and the problems…
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Port News
Tariff truce tipped to usher in covid era uptick in box fortunes
The 90-day tariff ceasefire between the world’s top two economies could see covid era surges in shipments and box freight…
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Port News
Scale of blank sailings dwarfs covid era as US-China trade dries up
With trade between the world’s two largest economies effectively coming to a halt thanks to US president Donald Trump’s tariff…
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Marine World
‘Worse Than Covid’: Trump’s Port Fee Plan Could Upend U.S. Shipping Schedules
Shipping industry executives are considering options to address Trump administration policy changes, under consideration or enacted, that could significantly disrupt…
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Maritime News
Due to COVID Disruption, Invasive Sea Lampreys Rebound in Great Lakes
Fisheries officials in the Great Lakes have found a new and unusual aftereffect of the COVID-19 pandemic: a resurgence…
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Port News
Liner shipping firmly on track for its most profitable year outside the covid era
Liner shipping is firmly on track for its most profitable year outside the covid era. The container shipping industry had…
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